Brother Alliance to send records of junta war crimes to international community

By Admin 11 Sep 2024

DMG Newsroom
11 September 2024, Sittwe

Myanmar's military regime, which is being defeated militarily across the country, is carrying out terrorist attacks and airstrikes on civilian areas, killing pregnant women, children and other innocent civilians every day.

The Arakkha Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), which are collectively known as Three Brotherhood Alliance, issued a statement on September 10 that these actions constitute war crimes committed by the military regime, and that records of the regime's conduct will be made known to the international community.

"The Three Brotherhood Alliance has documented the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the military regime, which is about to lose power, and will send it to neighbouring countries and international organisations," the statement said.

After the military regime announced that it will recapture the areas it has lost to anti-regime forces, it has conducted airstrikes in areas including northern Shan State, Kayah (Karenni) and Arakan states, with civilian casualties on the rise.

Political analysts said that only with the installation of air raid sirens and anti-aircraft weapons in areas controlled by anti-regime forces will the public be relatively safer.

"Records of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the military regime can be sent to ASEAN and the United Nations. We have to wait and see whether the international community will sit and watch the war crimes committed by the military regime, or whether they will do something for the safety of the people," said political analyst U Than Soe Naing.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance's statement said that the regime has been carrying out aerial bombardments in recent days on military bases it was forced to abandon.

Sixty-seven prisoners of war (POWs) were killed and several others injured in junta airstrikes this month on temporary detention camps set up by the AA in Arakan State's Pauktaw and Maungdaw townships.

A regime airstrike on Namkham Town, held by the TNLA, near the Chinese border in northern Shan State on September 6 killed 11 civilians including two children and a pregnant woman, and wounded 11 others.

"The military regime's attacks on civilians are committing the highest acts of international war crimes, and it is expected that there will be some international monitoring and action," U Than Soe Naing added.

Political observers say the military regime's deliberate attacks on the people will lead to more public opposition, and may accelerate the pace of the revolution.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance expressed its condolences to the families and relatives of those killed and injured in the military regime's airstrikes, and urged the public to be especially aware of the threat of attacks from military aircraft.